{"id":79734,"date":"2025-09-20T17:05:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T17:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=79734"},"modified":"2025-09-20T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T17:05:54","slug":"charity-closures-soar-by-three-quarters-as-stalling-donations-and-cost-of-living-crisis-blamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/09\/20\/charity-closures-soar-by-three-quarters-as-stalling-donations-and-cost-of-living-crisis-blamed\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity closures soar by three-quarters as stalling donations and cost of living crisis blamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47527\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/inflation-300x158.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/inflation-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/inflation-360x190.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/inflation.jpeg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of UK\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-charity-commission-ruling-b2802408.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">charities<\/a>\u00a0that have been forced to shut their doors for good has jumped by 74 per cent this year, with the rising\u00a0<a title=\"University students facing \u2018never-ending cost-of-living crisis\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/university-england-jacqui-smith-london-bridget-phillipson-b2827904.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">cost of living<\/a>, stalling donations and the\u00a0<a title=\"Tax rises at autumn Budget \u2018inevitable\u2019 after borrowing soars, experts warn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/rachel-reeves-chancellor-budget-office-for-national-statistics-mel-stride-b2829724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">increase in employers\u2019 national insurance\u00a0<\/a>all blamed for the shocking rise.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/other\/charity-closures-soar-by-three-quarters-as-stalling-donations-and-cost-of-living-crisis-blamed\/ar-AA1MX9fQ?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=68cedb75dc004a988909539737ab20d7&amp;ei=25\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The number of UK\u00a0charities\u00a0that have been forced to shut their doors for good has jumped by 74 per cent this year, with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/inflation.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79735,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79734\/revisions\/79735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}